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Mon. 12/10 - iPhone Sales Banned in China
From: Brian McCullough
Series: Techmeme Ride Home
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iPhone sales blocked in China, Apple’s getting into the A&R business, pump the breaks on the e-scooter hype, and forget the notch, 2019 might be th...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 20:11
Fri. 12/07 - Microsoft Calls for Regulation of AI
From: Brian McCullough
Series: Techmeme Ride Home
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Microsoft calls for regulation of facial recognition AI, the Crypto market crash is starting to claim casualties, Reddit is quietly doing very well...

  • Added: Dec 16, 2018
  • Length: 20:33
Making Data Shift Power: Bex Hong Hurwitz and Rashida Richardson
From: Laura Flanders
Series: Laura Flanders & Friends
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It seems like the only tech headlines we have are about disasters. But what about the original promise of tech to innovate and empower? Bex Hong Hu...

Bought by KDNK


  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 28:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Sixty Second Moral Inquiry: Shouldn't Facebook Be Accountable for their Exploitation of Anonymity - the Faceless- by FacebookTrolling?
From: Susan J. Cook
Series: The River Is Wide
Caption: Enough is Enough. , Credit: Susan Cook
Shouldn't Facebook also be held accountable for their moral indifference to the human consequence of Facebook trolling that the platform's anonymi...

  • Added: Apr 14, 2018
  • Length: 01:35
Huge Wisconsin factory sparks worry over Great Lakes water use
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Water pipes are being installed near Foxconn site., Credit: Chuck Quirmbach
A huge factory -- as big as 11 football fields -- is triggering concerns in Wisconsin. Foxconn Technology plans to make liquid crystal display scre...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh, WXXI Rochester, WVBI-LP, WCPN, WBFO and more


  • Added: Mar 06, 2018
  • Length: 03:29
  • Purchases: 6
Move over Uber -- the Army's testing self-driving vehicles
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Decal on truck, Credit: Kevin Lavery, WKAR
The day of the driverless car is gaining ground...FAST. Autonomous vehicles have caught the attention of Tesla, Uber and Google. Now, add the U.S. ...

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio, WXXI Rochester, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WCMU Michigan, WMUK and more


  • Added: Nov 10, 2017
  • Length: 03:36
  • Purchases: 7
388-40 Years
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Your representatives, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2 are heading into deep interstellar space.

Bought by KENW, KBMF 102.5FM Butte, Montana, WOUB, KUPR low power FM, WLPR and more


  • Added: Aug 31, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
How can cities keep sewage out of Great Lakes? Go underground
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: A photo of the finished Euclid Creek Tunnel, the first of 7., Credit: Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District
Combined sewer overflows are common in over 700 cities and towns in the country. Several cities are under consent decrees to solve this problem --...

Bought by WRVO Public Media, WXXI Rochester, WCPN, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Jun 06, 2017
  • Length: 03:33
  • Purchases: 5
Moral Revulsion
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about chemical weapons, North Korea, and misspeaking on camera. We also discuss Yugoslavia, the MOAB, and Aleppo.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 48:15
Bots
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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On this week’s episode we talk about chatbots, social media cheats, and robot lawyers. We also discuss logic trees, digital familiars, and the Mat...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 45:45
Coal
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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On this week’s episode we talk about fossil fuels, the EPA, and the yoga industry. We also discuss the Carboniferous period, clean coal, and corpo...

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 41:13
Terror & Memes
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about terrorism, acronyms, and Doge. We also discuss memetics, mass surveillance, and the Irish Republican Army.

  • Added: May 05, 2017
  • Length: 42:21
Canadian Company Calls Off Plans to Build Broadband Network in Bloomington
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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The Canadian company, Axia, has called off its plans to help build a high-speed broadband network throughout the city of Bloomington. To find out w...

  • Added: Apr 25, 2017
  • Length: 08:27
Influence Marketing
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about authenticity, Rookie magazine, and PRIZM. We also discuss product placement, Jersey Shore, and the two-step flow of commun...

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 41:43
At What Cost?
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about blackballing, #DeleteUber, and the spirit of the law. We also touch on taxes, Freemasons, and ride-share unions.

  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 41:52
Pugs
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss brachycephalic dogs, maize, and birth control.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 38:41
Imitation
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we discuss hackers, video games, and Project Xanadu.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 32:10
Obsolete
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week, we talk about self-driving trucks, Malthusian catastrophes, and human obsolescence.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 47:03
Frontiers
From: Colin Wright
Series: Let's Know Things
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This week we talk about the net-casting spider, space junk, and Kessler syndrome.

  • Added: Feb 23, 2017
  • Length: 42:04
326-Asteroids 2016
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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2016 was another record year for asteroid hunters during which we discovered 1,894 new Earth approaching objects.

Bought by Radio Newark, KMXT, KUPR low power FM, KKRN, KENW and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 8
Great Lakes targeted for offshore wind farms
From: Great Lakes Today
Caption: Lorry Wagner, CEO of LEEDCo, Credit: Elizabeth Miller
The nation's first offshore wind farm recently began operating in New England, and developers now are eying vast body of water: the Great Lakes. Pr...

Bought by WXXI Rochester, KUVO, WCMU Michigan, WRVO Public Media, WDET Detroit Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 20, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
  • Purchases: 8
311-Bright and Bald
From: Albert Grauer
Series: Travelers In The Night
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Humans are developing the ability to study an Earth approaching object to prepare for one that is on an impact trajectory with our home planet.

Bought by WTIP, Radio Newark, KMXT, WLPR , KENW and more


  • Added: Dec 09, 2016
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 7
Rural Pinetops Disconnected from Internet Thanks to Telecom Monopolies
From: Nick Stumo-Langer
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Last week, Wilson’s City Council voted to halt Greenlight Internet service to the community of Pinetops, North Carolina. City leaders, faced with t...

  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 03:28
Push for wind farms along Great Lakes sparks controversy
From: Great Lakes Today
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Apex Clean Energy plans to build dozens of wind turbines across the Great Lakes states -- including Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and Illinois – to take ...

Bought by WCPN, Delta College Public Radio, WCMU Michigan, and WBFO


  • Added: Sep 16, 2016
  • Length: 04:00
  • Purchases: 4
#744- Changes are happening in solar stocks and the markets they are in
From: marc cuniberti
Series: Money Matters Economic Forum
Caption: Money Matters host Marc Cuniberti
Change is coming to solar stocks and their markets as the solar industry grows and big utilities begin to invest heavily in this alternative energy...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2016
  • Length: 03:00